Moveks is a chondroprotective agent with a regenerating and anti-inflammatory effect, also acting as an anesthetic for the treatment of joint cartilage.
The pharmacological industry produces two types of drug, Moveks Aktiv and Moveks Komfort, these are tablets that differ in composition, according to the intensity of exposure to the patient's body, as well as the recommended dosage and the age of the person being treated.
Similar action by both drugs is more pronounced by taking Moverx Asset, but it should not be exposed to persons younger than 18 years of age, Comfort is also allowed for admission by children who have reached the age of 12 years.
In addition to glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate, the well-known potassium diclofenac, which enhances the anti-inflammatory activity of the drug, is added to active-tablets.
Article content
- Pharmacological action
- Pharmacokinetics of medication
- Indications for use
- Are there any contraindications?
- Mechanism of action
- Instruction for use
- Forms of release
- Dosages and routes of application of the preparation
- Overdose and additional indications
- Side effect
- Special instructions
- Interaction with other drugs
- The best evidence of effectiveness is the opinion of
- Doctors say
- Tips for receiving patients
- Costmedicinal product
- If it is expensive, it is possible to replace
Pharmacological action
The drug renders pain medicationand anti-inflammatory action.
Glucosamine stops the pathological processes of soft tissues. Chondroitin sulfate also contributes to the restoration of soft cartilage tissues, restrains the decrease in calcium levels and helps to reproduce the required amount of articular fluid, is an analgesic.
The presence of diclofenac potassium in the active form of the drug helps relieve acute pain, reduces soft tissue edema, suppresses tissue sclerotherapy.
Pharmacokinetics of the drug
The drug is administered orally and the bioavailability of the glucosamine included is 25%.
High concentration of the contents have liver, kidneys, cartilage.
In the small intestine, approximately 90% of glycosamine is absorbed into the liver, where it decomposes into water, urea and carbon dioxide. In the connecting cane, up to 30% of the constituent remains.
Bioavailability of chondroitin is 13-15%, its maximum concentration is detected in the blood plasma after 4 hours, in synovial fluid after 5 hours. Diclofenac potassium almost 100% comes into contact with plasma proteins, the highest concentration reaches after 2 hours. All components of the drug are excreted by the kidneys, diclofenac partially with bile.
Indications for use
Indications for the use of forms of the drug are diseases of the musculoskeletal system with severe pain syndrome.
These include:
- periarthritis - a pathological process involving the tissues of the knee or hip joints, the development of spondylarthrosis;
- osteoarthritis - as part of complex therapy;
- rheumatoid arthritis of various etiology;
- injuries and fractures of , in which the drug contributes to the early formation of bone calluses, fusion;
- inflammatory diseases of the joints and soft tissues , caused by trauma, with severe pain syndrome.
Are there any contraindications?
The drug is contraindicated:
- if the patient has intolerance to glucosamine or chondroitin;
- with intolerance to potassium diclofenac,
- in case of allergic reactions to molluscs.
The drug is not prescribed to patients with diabetes mellitus, people with a stomach ulcer, thrombophlebitis. Children's age is also a contraindication to the use of medication, an active form is not prescribed until age 18, and Moveks Comfort - up to 12 years.
The use of the drug is contraindicated during pregnancy and lactation.
Mechanism of action
The mechanism of action of the components of the drug is based on the ability of: diclofenac potassium - to inhibit the synthesis of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenase;chondroitin sulfate, which is a high molecular weight mucopolysaccharide, affect the exchange of calcium and phosphorus;glucosamine sulfate - stimulates the production of proteoglycans, strengthens cartilaginous tissue.
Instruction for use
Drugs of a similar action under the general name Moveks are taken in the form of tablets from one to three times a day, washed down with water or other liquid in a small amount.
The duration of the course of treatment and dosage, the attending physician determines.
Forms of release
The product is available in biconvex formulations of yellow color with a transverse separation, the preparation has a packing of 30 and 60 pieces.
Dosages and methods of application of the drug
The most common dosage of the drug can be considered administration of one tablet three times a day during the first three weeks of the treatment course.
If necessary, continue the treatment according to the scheme recommended by the doctor.
After a course of therapy with Movex, a supportive treatment regimen may be needed, this is 1 or 2 tablets per day at the doctor's discretion.
Overdose and additional indications
Overdose of the drug is an additional burden on the body, causes side effects and can even lead to irreversible changes.
Symptomatic overdose is quite pronounced:
- on the part of the digestive system, stomach pains, spasms, vomiting arise, ulcers may bleed;
- from the side of the central nervous system there is drowsiness, nausea, severe conditions before comatose.
The urinary system also suffers, there is an acute form of physiological failure of renal activity. Inhibition of the respiratory center, lowering blood pressure can lead to anaphylactic shock.
Usually the drug is easily tolerated and does not cause negative reactions, but it is worth noting that the following undesirable consequences may occur:
- the central nervous system reacts by the manifestation of increased irritability, convulsions, disorientation in space, sleep disturbance;
- liver inflammation, colic, indigestion;
- on the hematopoiesis side, there may be a decrease in leukocytes, platelets, the occurrence of anemia;
- skin manifestations - eczema, urticaria, it.p.
Special instructions
Specific antidote is not known. The drug should be stored out of the reach of children.
Undesirable use of alcohol during treatment, there is an additional burden on the circulatory and endocrine system, the risk of exacerbation of existing chronic diseases, respiratory center depression, the occurrence of cardiovascular insufficiency.
If the liver function is impaired, it is not advisable to prescribe the drug, since its therapeutic effect is calculated for the qualitative work of the organ. Overload the body in the acute course of the disease is undesirable, you should choose other treatment regimens.
The maximum of the final product of the drug is excreted by the kidneys and, if their function is impaired, it is possible to aggravate the course of the underlying disease necessary to think through substitution therapy.
The drug is not suitable for prescribing to small patients, up to 12 years of age it is not used, and for patients aged 12 years, the Moveks comfort form is used, in which there is no diclofenac potassium.
Interaction with other
medications With the combined use of MOVEX and the medicinal forms of the penicillin series and chloramphenicol, their digestibility decreases, when interacting with tetracyclines, it increases.
The best evidence of effectiveness - opinion of doctors
Reviews of doctors who use Moveks in their medical practice.
We prescribe the drug Moveks Active, containing diclofenac and young patients, mainly with sports injuries and the elderly, with age-related changes and problems arising from them.
The drug effectively reduces pain and acts as a joint protector.
Rheumatologist Galina Sedykh
patients say. I drink Moevex pill in courses, in seasons of exacerbation, in the spring and closer to colds, in autumn. They help, relieve often acute pain and swelling from the knee
Anastasia, patient, 53 years
Tips for receiving patients from
Many people who take these pills are advised to pay more attention to their health problems, not to start the disease and, using the drugcourses, to plan possible physical exercises, active rest and other, connected with a load on joints, affairs.
It is also advised to take the medicine with maintenance therapy closer to the active period, in the morning.
Treatment with Moveks will protect the cartilage tissue of the joint from destruction, restore the desired balance in the joint, and save the patient from unnecessary pain, acting as an analgesic.
Drug cost
The tablet preparation is available in plastic bottles of 30 and 60 pieces. The price of one bottle of the drug: 
- form Moveks Comfort - about 800 r for 30 tablets;
- Asset - about 1000 r for 30 pieces;
- for 60 tablets: Active - 1600 r and above;
- Comfort - 1400 rubles.
You can store the medicine at a temperature of no higher than 25 degrees for 3 years.
The drug is dispensed in a pharmacy under the prescription of a doctor.
If expensive, it is possible to replace
. Analogues of Moveks are:
- Arthron triad;
- Structum;
- Teraflex Advance;
- Ostéal;
- is a preparation of the Russian production of chondroitin-phytopharm;
- Chondroxide.
